Thanks for the response, I wasn't quite sure whether there weren't interest in the project or simply that it has been missed. Now that I know there isn't any interest, I will consider moving the project to an another repository.
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Honestly, I wonder whether it is worth pursuing this at all. The proposal > has been posted to this list five times in the last month, with only a > single response. That doesn't fill me with confidence, to say the least. If > there's so little interest in bringing it in at all, that doesn't seem to > augur well for a successful incubation. > > I wonder, too, at the doggedness in trying to bring it here, rather than > simply setting up shop at Google Code or the like, and moving forward with > it there. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Jihoon Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> My name is Jihoon Kim and I was hoping if I could get some guidance in >> incubating a project. I have read through various Wikipages and I do >> have some idea of what must be done to incubate a project, move it to >> a state of a podling, and finally have it promoted. But though I do >> have a rough understanding of the process, I was hoping to get Mentors >> and Champions in helping us implement them. >> >> The project that I had planned is Alchemy project, which will allow >> additional Web 2.0 technologies as JSF component libraries. First set >> of component libraries to include within this project is the bridge >> between Flex and JSF, as can be seen within the following JIRA link >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMAHAWK-1250. >> >> Initially, I thought to contribute it as a patch to MyFaces, but since >> the size of the contribution was rather large and I was the sole >> developer, MyFaces PMCs have directed me to the Incubator to incubate >> it as component library under Alchemy project. Then when the project >> has matured and have gathered enough community members to sustain the >> maintenance of the code, they said they would consider having it as a >> subproject under the MyFaces main project. >> >> In a nutshell, the contribution is to give users capability in >> creating Flex components as JSF components. So users users would >> create the components as normal JSF components and the contribution >> will create the necessary SWF files and etcetera and link the values >> of the components back to the managed beans using JSON+JavaScript and >> ActionScript. So all users would need is a Jar of the component >> library and they would be able to create Flex applications by creating >> normal JSF components. The contribution will then bind the data from >> managed beans to components within the created SWF file. >> >> Further detail regarding the project has been written up within the >> following proposal : >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MyFacesAlchemyProposal. >> >> Current members who are interested in participating in this project are : >> myself [Jihoon Kim] >> Hazem Saleh [committer within MyFaces] >> Glauco P. Gomes [developer within MyFaces] >> Matthias Wessendorf [who has suggested in helping out as a >> mentor/champion] >> my coworkers >> >> I think that this integration will be an interesting one that users >> can use to create Web 2.0 applications beyond the method of >> JavaScript. Also since I think that this is one of the areas that has >> lots of potential, I think with time there will be additional >> components/ideas related to the contribution that will be brought >> forth [i.e. possible handling of requirement of flash in user's >> browsers {rendering it as a Dojo, HTML, or Flash depending on user's >> browser setting}]. >> >> During the discussion of this contribution within the MyFaces mailing >> list, many have shown positive interest in the project providing good >> sign that the components libraries will be used by developer >> community. Also the integration will possibly reduce number of >> discussion in various mailing list of "JSF vs Flex" and will allow >> developers to create simple Flex application without purchasing >> FlexBuilder and learning of the technology. >> >> MyFaces PMCs have confirmed that there aren't any legal issues for the >> Flex and JSF integration by pinging the legal mailing list. >> >> Thank you!!! >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> >> Ji Hoon Kim >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > -- Sincerely, Ji Hoon Kim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
